With all the fury about sanctuary cities and churches in the United States, one Mexican town is taking an open arms approach to immigrants from other countries. Jose Luis Gutierrez , the mayor of Ecatepec, a place where Hondurans, Guatemalans, Salvadorans and others begin their march on North towards the U.S. border, understands the immigrants and in fact sees their movement as protected.
He has ordered his police officers and city officials not to arrest, extort or otherwise harass the migrants. He's also ordered them not to cooperate with Mexican immigration agents.
"Let them go and guard the borders," he said. "For Ecatepec, migration is not a criminal act. It's a universal right: the right to seek work and the right to travel freely from one place to another."